Nicola Halliday Modern School of Motoring

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DD4 9AU, Dundee
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Nicola Halliday Modern School of Motoring: Reviews
Fantastic experience: Nicolas great I couldn’t recommend her enough passed first time great instructor
Thank you David you did really well passing first time, happy safe driving in your car, and thank you for recommending me to your friend, take care
Fantastic experience: I had a great experience learning to drive with Nicola! The lessons were paced very well and I felt very confident when I passed my test. Thank you!
Fantastic experience: Nicola has been a great instructor and got me a first time pass today! She makes you feel so calm and always has a nice chit chat, would definitely recommend
Thank you and wishing you all the best with your driving, take care
Fantastic experience: I have been taking lessons with Nicola since last year and yesterday i passed my test. I can’t thank her enough for getting me there. I was so nervous to start lessons but Nicola has always made me feel at ease and comfortable. Highly recommend
Thank you Kim, you did really well passing 1st, I know you were very nervous! Happy driving
Fantastic experience: My sister has just passed her driving test first time with you. She has been very patient and understanding and helped her pass with confidence! Thank you ☺️
Thank you very much
Fantastic experience: My daughter Aimee passed her test yesterday first time, Nicola was amazing from the start with the support she offered Aimee. We cannot rate her enough, she was reliable and made Aimee feel at ease from her first lesson. We will not hesitate to recommend her, thank you again Nicola. X
Thank you Tracy I really appreciate the feedback. Aimee picked up driving really well and is a very good, confident and safe driver. Wishing her all the best.
Fantastic experience: She is a really good driving instructor really patient with having to keep coming for me all these years and with helping me to be relax and build up my confidence when driving as I was a really nervous person and she has helped me loads to get where I am today thanks again ☺️ xx
Thank you so much I’m so glad you passed first time with me today, wishing you all the best with your driving, take care
Negative experience: Do not go with this woman, I contacted her and explained my daughters anxiety and mental health. She then takes my daughter out on 2nd lesson and shouted at her for doing something wrong and was very nasty to her, my daughter now in tears saying feels she cant do anything right, im disgusted with this.i did phone u and asked for call back my daughter was in tears having a break down and u did not do as u said of course u will turn it around 2nd lesson, u have put her off for life we all kn I w truth
I’m very sorry you think that, I don’t shout at my pupils!! I had to talk a little louder than normal as she was revving the engine extremely loudly. She did do things right after going over the procedure again and explaining it in more detail. It’s a learning process and mistakes do happen and sometimes that’s a good thing as it lets learners see how easy things can go wrong. If you had phoned me I would have been able to explain exactly what happened in more detail. I do realise she has some problems as you explained so this was taken into account during her lessons. After the initial mistake she seemed fine and was chatting away about going out for her sister’s birthday meal so really didn’t think there was an issue. I wish her all the best with her next instructor and hope she gets on well with her future lessons.
In response to the addition you made to your original post, I did try to phone you back, several times, until you text saying to leave it. I wanted to explain that Megan did do things correctly towards the end of the lesson and the look of achievement, self satisfaction and pride on her face as she was able to move off safely and turn left safely and under control is the reason I do this job. Seeing that expression on a learners face as they progress is very rewarding
Fantastic experience: I started taking lessons with Nicola in September 2020 and when my test came around is passed first time. She’s a great instructor and would highly recommend.
Thanks Ally I really appreciate the feedback, am so glad you passed first time
Fantastic experience: Best driving instructor! Couldn’t recommend more. Always very patient and friendly, and helps you build your confidence. Passed first time and couldn’t have done it without Nicola!
Thank you Zahrah I’m so pleased you passed 1st time happy driving
Negative experience: Is it not you're job to teach road and markings as you are the instructor I was looking at you're reviews but think I'll give you a miss
Negative experience: Don’t recommend so snidey and no patience at all. Not even completing the lessons I have payed for because I don’t want to go back to her. Waste of time and money. Edit Maybe it would help if you actually told me what a road marking was and what they meant instead of you shouting at me when I didn’t follow them and thanks getting on great with my new instructor.
That’s a shame you think that Regan, was quite a few weeks ago you stopped your lessons. I’m a very patient person when I see people are trying to learn, but it’s difficult when learners don’t show any interest and keep making the same mistakes over and again. With over 20 years experience I can safely say I have taught hundreds of people to drive and have done so with great patience even several who have a diagnosis of autism, very difficult to teach but you can see them trying to do things correctly ie looking at road markings and keeping lane discipline. Also taught several older people 50’s and 60’s takes a bit longer but we always get there. I wish you the best of luck with you 3rd instructor as they say 3rd time lucky, all the best
Fantastic experience: Nicola was really great with me when I was on a short time frame to get passed, she took me on with only 3 weeks until my test and I passed first time with 3 faults and only 3 double lessons, and this was after coming from only one previous lesson with an instructor that I didn't get on with and said there was no chance that I would pass in such short a time. Her teaching was very clear and concise, she was very patient and always explained fully where I went wrong and how to fix my mistake. Great instructor, you won't go wrong with her, very grateful that I found her so close to my test!
Fantastic experience: Dont think I would have passed with any other instructor as I had tried a few times before with various others. As the other reviews also say the confidence I gained whilst driving with nicola was night and day to the pressure I used to always feel while doing lessons with other instructors. Cant reccomend Nicola highly enough, excellent.
Fantastic experience: Would highly recommend Nicola! Helped me to regain my confidence in driving and helped me to pass my driving test the first time. Nicola was very friendly and patient along with great teaching skills and knowledge. She was also very flexible in accommodating my uni and work shifts.
Negative experience: !!!!DOESN'T EVEN DESERVE 1 STAR!!!!! I would NEVER send my kids to this person to learn how to drive, how she passed her test is astonishing. She is very abusive while on the road when she is in the wrong and she obviously doesn't know how to use her mirrors or indicators! Very dangerous driver
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